Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago
Rev. Jesse Jackson, 84, has been managing progressive supranuclear palsy for over a decade after a diagnosis change from Parkinson's last April, his family said.
- Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, 84, has been hospitalized in Chicago for a neurodegenerative disorder known as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy , which he has managed for over a decade.
- Jackson, who was initially diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, gained national attention in the 1960s as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s protégé and spent more than 60 years advocating for racial equality and economic justice.
- He ran for U.S. president in 1984 and 1988, helped found the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and led the organization for nearly three decades before stepping down in 2023.
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